Firefighters were ambushed by a gunman while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, according to the local sheriff's office.

Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded Sunday when they were shot as they responded to a wildfire on an Idaho mountain that was set to lure them into an ambush, authorities said.A tactical response team used cellphone data to zero in on a wooded area where they found the body of what's believed to be the lone suspect and a rifle nearby as flames were rapidly approaching,

The identities of the two Idaho firefighters killed by a sniper in a horror ambush have been released. Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison,